Reminder

Crazy hat and/or Hair Mufti Day tomorrow.

Please bring a gold coin donation.

Finger Patterns to 10

We are working hard on making finger patterns to 10! Please make sure we are using the right patterns (no peace sign for 2!) 

Library Day

Just a reminder that library day is Tuesday. Please have all books returned before school. 

Also please check book bags that library books are not coming to school each day  it makes our bags very heavy!

Warriors Game

Some of the class wanted a reminder out so that they could watch Ben play this weekend on T.V.
They are playing the Gold Coast Titans on Saturday at 7.30pm.

He will be in number 13.

Happy World Turtle Day!!

Today we made our own turtle shells! 

Tin Can Pencil Holders

Next week we are going to look a reusing our rubbish. We are going to decorate our own Tin Cans. If everyone could bring one in next week please.

Reading Logs

The Warriors are going to send prizes to those people who get their reading logs signed each night. When you have 20 stickers you can get a prize! Well done Mia and the Ants who read with Miss Macartney today and have a sticker already! 

Statistics

Our Stars, Rectangles and Diamonds are working hard and learnt about Tally Charts today. To help us we have been practising counting in 5's and 10's. When we can do it we can go on the Wall of Fame! All we have to do is find Miss Macartney and show her we can do it!!!

Zirka Circus

Zirka Circus came to visit is today and did a quick show promoting their up coming show. 

Vodafone Warriors Visit

Today we were very lucky to have Ben Henry come and visit our class and talk about how great Reading is!

He read us a story and asked us questions. If we answered correctly we won a goody bag filled with books and a book mark!! 

He also gave us books for our class and library! 

Travel Wise

Arahoe is a Travelwise School!! 

This week is Travelwise week and we went on a treasure hunt to learn all about how we can be safe around our school. 

We had a great time using the iPads and QR reader to find the codes! 

Waste Refuse Trip

We had a great day going to the waste centre yesterday! 

We learnt a lot about what happens after we put our rubbish in the bin! We also learnt more about Tiger Worms and loved it when Logan-John dressed as a worm! 

Thank you to all our parent helpers who made our trip possible! 

NZ Post Book Awards

Today at the library we voted for our favourite book in the NZ Post Book Awards. 

We could win up to $1000 for our school! 

If you would like to vote you can win $500 by entering on www.nzpostbookawards.co.nz

If you were away during library time you are most welcome to read the stories before school or at lunch in the library. They are on the shelf in front of the library desk. 

These are the finalists we read for our age group:

Art Workshop

Today we had a sketching workshop with Mr Dodd. He taught us how to draw a still life in different stages and how to start shading a picture. 

We had a lot of fun and learnt a lot! 

Reminder

Please complete the survey on waste that was put on the blog earlier this week. So far in Ara Teina only 6 whanau have completed!

Thank you for your time.

Cross Country

This MONDAY!!!

Year 1s race is scheduled for 1.20pm for the Girls and 1.30 for the boys.
Parent support is always welcome!

Waste Survey

Please complete the survey to help our learning. 

It will only be available until the 21st of May.

Arahoe School App

We are very excited to be able to offer all smart phone users a new communication tool. Its our very own Arahoe School App.

It is free to download and you can find it in the app store or on google play - just search our school name!

New Zealand Sign Language Week

This week we are celebrating New Zealand Sign Language Week - Te Wiki o Te Reo Turi.

Today we learnt the sign for Morning - ask us to show you!

At the end of the week we will know 5 words.

We would love for you to learn with us - please follow the link.

http://www.deaf.org.nz/7-signs-in-7-days

Felts writing group

Miss Macartney and the Felts had an amazing writing lesson today. We wrote some words and our name correctly in our books! 

Well done Connor, Tiya, Noah, Kayla and Sienna-Grace! You are all great writers. 

What do Tiger Worms like?

For statistics we are looking at what food the Tiger Worms would like to eat and what they definitely do not want to eat.
Then looking at what we have in our lunchbox and at home.

Can you find any of these things around your home?
(Just have a look for now we don't need anything brought in).

Food for Worms

•What they like:

-Newspaper and non glossy paper.

-Apples.

-Rabbit, cow, horse and sheep poo.

-Dry or old grass.

-Banana Peel

-Left over fruit and vegetable scraps.

-Toilet roll centres and paper towels.

-Egg Cartons and egg cartons.

•What they don’t like:

-Biscuits.

-Pet Poo.

-Lollies or chocolate.

-Wood or sawdust.

-Chips or crackers.

-Meat or dairy products.

-Fresh grass

-Popcorn

-Bread and flour products.

-Glossy Paper.

Subway lunches

                                                     

Subway is coming to Arahoe!!!

The PSG is pleased to announce that every 2 weeks starting from 16^th May your child will be able to order Subway for lunch. The dates will be 16 May, 30 May, 13 June and 27 June.

The order envelope will come home on the Friday before and orders are due back by the next Wednesday – NO LATER THAN 3.15pm!

If you happen to lose the envelope simply go to the PSG page on the Ultranet, go to Subway and scroll down to resources and it will take you to a printable pdf version.

It would be greatly appreciated if you could have the correct change – thanks.

If you have any questions or feedback please email PSG@arahoe.school.nz

Thank you for your continued support of the PSG and fundraising for our children.

What we know about worms

We used padlet with Miss Korver to collate all our prior knowledge about worms.
Here is what we know:
(click on the photo to make the image larger)

Trips

These experiences are both coming up VERY soon! Please make sure that you return your slips by Friday.

We also need a large number of parents (8) so if you can help that would be great!

If you need a new slip please email me or let me know in the morning.

Thanks,
Imogen and Hannah

Dig or Donate

Should be a great day had by all!

We love our new classrooms!

We have settled nicely into our new classroom(s). We love breaking out to new spaces! 

This is where we put our lunchboxes

This is where our bags go neatly

When we go somewhere we line up like this in two straight lines.

We need to put our bookbags away in the morning!

This is us working hard in our new space.